Google has committed to investing an additional $2.3 billion into its three data center campuses in Central Ohio.

The cloud giant has existing campuses in New Albany and Lancaster and is currently constructing another in Columbus. This latest investment adds to the $4.4bn spent in the state since 2019.

It has not been disclosed how the funds will be used and distributed to each data center campus.

“Data centers are essential to our digital lives and Google’s additional multibillion-dollar investment further establishes central Ohio as an important tech hub in America,” wrote Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted in a statement.

Google first entered Ohio in 2019 when the company broke ground on the New Albany data center worth $600m. That year, the company added an additional $1 billion commitment for the construction of the Columbus and Lancaster data centers. In 2021, the company planned a $1bn data center expansion at the New Albany site. Last year, Google committed a further $1.7bn to the state.

Customers of Google's Ohio data centers include Nationwide, Huntington Bancshares, Victoria's Secret, and Wendy's, along with the state of Ohio, according to Jim Anderson, Google Cloud's vice president of North America Partner Ecosystem and Channels.

Last year, Google struck a partnership with EDP Renewables North America to create a 500-megawatt solar energy portfolio with projects that Google says will be located mostly in Ohio.

In 2023, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced it would be investing $7.8bn in data centers in the state. Earlier this year, AWS purchased 234 acres in Pickaway County, Ohio, for data center expansion plans.

Microsoft also has data centers under construction or consideration in Ohio, including in Columbus, Licking County, and New Albany.